I suspect that their promise of a book coming out of the trip was enough for Kickstarter. What I wonder though, is why given their record of travel and the obvious excellent writing skills, a publisher would not be interested in making a deal, with a good advance? Oh, I know, promise is one thing, performance another. However, they have performed in their blog, very well. mcneely ---- Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> wrote: > Kickstarter seems to ignore their policies often, I guess if you were > taking 30% like they do, you wouldn't ultimately mind who gets money > for what, through you. > > Jim Akiba > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is the first I've heard of this - I think. I'll check it out. > > > > The only thing that I wonder about is how they managed to use Kickstarter > > for this. Kickstarter is very clear that Kickstarter projects cannot be > > "support my vaccation or lifestyle" type projects. > > > > Again, I haven't checked it out so maybe they've obviously done something > > to satisfy the Kickstarter requirements. I wish them nothing but success. > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > '85 GL (Gertie) > > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus -- David McNeely |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.